Legacy by Chris Hammer

Legacy by Chris Hammer Allen & Unwin In Legacy, Chris Hammer is back to his Scrublands best. Martin Scarsdale returns in an explosive mystery adventure where he is under personal attack. The setting straddles the Queensland and NSW border and is an atmospheric highlight. Diverted floodwaters creeping south form a stark contrast to the searing […]

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The Enchantment of Golden Eagle by Margaret Wild & Stephen Michael King

The Enchantment of Golden Eagle by Margaret Wild & Stephen Michael King Allen & Unwin Interview with Margaret Wild about The Enchantment of Golden Eagle Thank you for speaking with Paperbark Words, Margaret. Your career in children’s books is highly illustrious and it is a career that continues to exceed expectations. You have stepped out bravely and […]

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TO and FRO by Anton Clifford-Motopi 

TO and FRO by Anton Clifford-Motopi  Allen & Unwin To and Fro  by Anton Clifford-Motopi  is shortlisted for the 2025 CBCA Book of the Year: Younger Readers. Congratulations on To and Fro  being shortlisted by the CBCA, Anton. I was laughing out loud most of the way through. It also has important themes that you share aptly and originally. […]

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Isobelle Carmody and Comes the Night

Isobelle Carmody & Comes the Night Published by Allen & Unwin Author interview with Isobelle Carmody ‘Will marvelled all over again that people would try to stop their government building domes. Didn’t they know how bad the air was, how dangerous the sunlight? Domes were designed to filter both, and to screen out damaging radiation. […]

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Thunderhead by Sophie Beer

Thunderhead by Sophie Beer Author Interview at PaperbarkWords “I know that what I’m going through right now is the rather unfortunate end result of a few troublesome cells. It isn’t the universe conspiring against me. It’s just bad luck, a random event in a meaningless mess. But I read somewhere that humans are programmed to […]

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